Period:Neolithic Period Production date:4000BC-2000BC (circa)
Materials:jade
Technique:drilled, polished,
Dimensions:Length: 28.90 centimetres Width: 6.80 centimetres
Description:
Axe of opaque variegated green jade with inclusions, veining and earth encrustation polished to a good gloss.
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![图片[1]-axe BM-2022-3034.76-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Neolithic Period/Jades/502_.jpg)
![图片[2]-axe BM-2022-3034.76-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Neolithic Period/Jades/mid_502_2.jpg)
Comments:Possibly north-eastern or eastern China, c.3000BC-2000BC. This large jade is more likely a tablet than an axe. It has a smoothly worked cutting edge and a slightly convex form tapering to the top, where there is a small hole drilled from both sides. The surface is polished smooth and shows off the very fine stone. An axe of approximately comparable shape, but with a different form of hole, has come from Changqing xian in Shandong province. See Rawson 1995, p.170, cat.no.10.2. The biconvex axe gently tapering towards the butt end exhibits sloping edges along the sides, butt and cutting edges. A biconical perforation is near the butt end. Neolithic. Length 288mm.
Materials:jade
Technique:drilled, polished,
Dimensions:Length: 28.90 centimetres Width: 6.80 centimetres
Description:
Axe of opaque variegated green jade with inclusions, veining and earth encrustation polished to a good gloss.
IMG
Comments:Possibly north-eastern or eastern China, c.3000BC-2000BC. This large jade is more likely a tablet than an axe. It has a smoothly worked cutting edge and a slightly convex form tapering to the top, where there is a small hole drilled from both sides. The surface is polished smooth and shows off the very fine stone. An axe of approximately comparable shape, but with a different form of hole, has come from Changqing xian in Shandong province. See Rawson 1995, p.170, cat.no.10.2. The biconvex axe gently tapering towards the butt end exhibits sloping edges along the sides, butt and cutting edges. A biconical perforation is near the butt end. Neolithic. Length 288mm.
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